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2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

| image =

| dates = August 2–5, 2012

| location = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

| course = Firestone Country Club
South Course

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|7400|yd|0}}

| field = 78 players

| cut = None

| purse = $8,500,000
€6,770,017

| winners_share = $1,400,000
€1,131,130

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Keegan Bradley

| score = 267 (−13)

| previous = 2011

| next = 2013

}}

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{{Location map

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|label = Firestone CC

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The 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2–5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8237231/keegan-bradley-takes-wgc-bridgestone-invitational-jim-furyk-collapse |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |title=Keegan Bradley wins after 64 |date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=February 22, 2013}}

Venue

{{main|Firestone Country Club}}

=Course layout=

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.{{cite web|url=http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club/Golf/Courses|publisher=Firestone Country Club|title=Courses|date=2012|accessdate=July 23, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/2012/tournaments/r476/07/30/inside.the.course/index.html |publisher=worldgolfchampionships.com |title=Inside the course: Firestone Country Club |date=2012 |accessdate=July 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801210656/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/2012/tournaments/r476/07/30/inside.the.course/index.html |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

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!align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total

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align="center"|Par454434344354434435443570

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ |title=How players qualify |accessdate=July 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801063505/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ |archive-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/wgc/pastfuturechampionships/index.html |title=Past and Future Championships |accessdate=July 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717053919/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/wgc/pastfuturechampionships/index.html |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}

1. Playing members of the 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang

  • Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8206935/webb-simpson-bridgestone-invitational-wife-expecting |title=Webb Simpson out of Bridgestone |work=ESPN |first=Bob |last=Harig |access-date=29 July 2012}}

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.[http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2012/owgr29f2012.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012]

Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.[http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2012/owgr30f2012.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012]

4. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).

Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger.

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, August 2, 2012

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

style="text-align:center;"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykstyle="text-align:center;"|63style="text-align:center;"|−7
style="text-align:center;"|2{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Slatterystyle="text-align:center;"|65style="text-align:center;"|−5
rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|T3{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafa Cabrera-Bellorowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|66rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Crane
{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Donald
{{flagicon|ENG}} Simon Dyson
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Senden
{{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watson
rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|T9{{flagicon|USA}} Keegan Bradleyrowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|67rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufner
{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio García
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosen
{{flagicon|USA}} Bill Haas
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Kyung-tae
{{flagicon|AUS}} Geoff Ogilvy
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen
{{flagicon|SWE}} Carl Pettersson

Source:{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=1019 |work=ESPN |title=WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |date=August 5, 2012 |accessdate=July 25, 2017}}

=Second round=

Friday, August 3, 2012

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

style="text-align:center;"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykstyle="text-align:center;"|63-66=129style="text-align:center;"|−11
style="text-align:center;"|2{{flagicon|ESP}} Rafa Cabrera-Bellostyle="text-align:center;"|66-65=131style="text-align:center;"|−9
style="text-align:center;"|3{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizenstyle="text-align:center;"|67-65=132style="text-align:center;"|−8
style="text-align:center;"|4{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufnerstyle="text-align:center;"|67-66=133style="text-align:center;"|−7
style="text-align:center;"|5{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Kyung-taestyle="text-align:center;"|67-67=134style="text-align:center;"|−6
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T6{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Donald66-69=135rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−5
{{flagicon|USA}} David Toms68-67=135
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T8{{flagicon|USA}} Keegan Bradley67-69=136rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|−4
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Senden66-70=136
{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Slattery65-71=136
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Stricker68-68=136

Source:

=Third round=

Saturday, August 4, 2012

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

style="text-align:center;"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykstyle="text-align:center;"|63-66-70=199style="text-align:center;"|−11
style="text-align:center;"|2{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizenstyle="text-align:center;"|67-65-68=200style="text-align:center;"|−10
style="text-align:center;"|3{{flagicon|USA}} Keegan Bradleystyle="text-align:center;"|67-69-67=203style="text-align:center;"|−7
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T4{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroystyle="text-align:center;"|70-67-67=204rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−6
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Stricker68-68-68=204
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T6{{flagicon|ENG}} Justin Rose70-69-66=205rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−5
{{flagicon|AUS}} John Senden66-70-69=205
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Van Pelt70-69-66=205
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T9{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Donald66-69-71=206rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufner67-66-73=206

Source:

=Final round=

Sunday, August 5, 2012

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)

style="text-align:center;"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Keegan Bradleystyle="text-align:center;"|67-69-67-64=267style="text-align:center;"|−13align=center|1,400,000
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T2{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furykstyle="text-align:center;"|63-66-70-69=268rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−12rowspan=2 align=center|665,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Strickerstyle="text-align:center;"|68-68-68-64=268
style="text-align:center;"|4{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizenstyle="text-align:center;"|67-65-68-69=269style="text-align:center;"|−11align=center|365,000
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|T5{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy70-67-67-68=272rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|−8rowspan=2 align=center|276,500
{{flagicon|ENG}} Justin Rose70-69-66-67=272
style="text-align:center;"|7{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Dufner67-66-73-68=274style="text-align:center;"|−6align=center|210,000
rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|T8{{flagicon|AUS}} Aaron Baddeley73-66-71-66=276rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|−4rowspan=8 align=center|128,750
{{flagicon|KOR}} K. J. Choi71-72-67-66=276
{{flagicon|ENG}} Luke Donald66-69-71-70=276
{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Kuchar70-70-70-66=276
{{flagicon|ENG}} Lee Slattery65-71-72-68=276
{{flagicon|USA}} David Toms68-67-73-68=276
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Van Pelt70-69-66-71=276
{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods70-72-68-66=276

Source:

==Scorecard==

Final round

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!Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18

Par454434344443443544
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Bradley−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9−9style="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11style="background: Pink;"|−12−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13−13
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Furykstyle="background: Pink;"|−12style="background: Pink;"|−13style="background: Pink;"|−14−14−14style="background: PaleGreen;"|−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13−13style="background: Pink;"|−14−14style="background: Green;"|−12
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Stricker−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9style="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: Pink;"|−11style="background: Pink;"|−12
align=left| {{flagicon|RSA}} Oosthuizenstyle="background: Pink;"|−11style="background: Pink;"|−12−12−12style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11−11−11−11style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11
align=left| {{flagicon|NIR}} McIlroy−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8−8−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7−7−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8
align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Rose−5style="background: Pink;"|−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7−7−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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|Birdie

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|Bogey

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|Double bogey

Source:

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational.html}}
  • [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2012/tournamentid=2012056/news/index.html Coverage on European Tour's official site]
  • [http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club Firestone Country Club site]

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